The emerging markets are set to post faster growth in revenue than their counterparts in developed countries, making them integral to the expansion strategies of some of the worlds leading hotel developers Read More

Business activity for Hong Kong's hoteliers weakened in June according to the latest reading of the country's Hotel Industry Pulse (HIP). e−forecasting.com's Hong Kong HIP - a business analytic which tracks monthly overall business conditions in Hong Kong's hotel industry - decreased 0.6% in June to a reading of 121.9. Read more

At the special meeting of RLJ shareholders, approximately 78% of the votes cast were voted in favor of the proposal related to the issuance of RLJ Common Shares in connection with the Merger. At the special meeting of FelCor stockholders, approximately 81% of the outstanding shares of FelCor common stock were voted, with approximately 99% of the votes cast in favor of the Merger. Read more

Mauna Kea Resort LLC today announced it has signed a franchise agreement with Westin Hotels & Resorts to debut the brand on the Big Island of Hawaii, with the $46 million renovation and conversion of Hapuna Beach Prince Hotel to become The Westin Hapuna Beach Resort in February of 2018. Read more

Search Engine Land has posted two articles in the past two years roughly defining the number of searches Google performs annually. In 2015, they claimed Google was performing at least 1 trillion searches per year. In 2016, they claimed that Google was performing at least 2 trillion searches per year. Doing a little simple math, if Google is performing at least 2 trillion searches per year and at least 50% of search traffic is performed via a mobile device, we can safely assume that at least 1 trillion searches per year are performed via a mobile device Read more